Sky Larkin sign to Wichita; play September DiS Rota show
Sky Larkin have inked a deal with Wichita Recordings.»
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Further Glastonbury additions: BBC Introducing stage... introduced
More bands announced for Glastonbury 2008.»
The Charlatans - You Cross My Path
The Charlatans' hopes of facing the brave new world fade away, trumped by Radiohead while delivering the most hopelessly hilarious set of lyrics ever»
Forward Russia postpone Newcastle show tonight
¡Forward, Russia! have had to cancel tonight's show in Newcastle Academy 2 due to singer Tom Woodhead suffering from voice / throat problems.»
I Was A Cub Scout: Massive tour
I Was A Cub Scout are to head off on what can only be described as a ‘quite large’ tour in 2008.»
How lazy? I Was A Cub Scout ask fans to record for them
I Was A Cub Scout have offered friends and foes alike to record a version of their track ‘Pink Squares'.»
Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
DiS used to like you, Jimmy Eat World. Now we feel dirty. Your previous, oddly-lovably insipid emo has become a large bowl of wretched, inappropriate, adult complaining»
Jack Peñate - Matinée
You get the impression that Jack Peñate would love to be seen as some sort of post-millennium Elvis Costello, but it took the Twickenham songsmith 30 years to write something as inane and vacuously dreary as Matinée...»
Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
this another attempt to prolong the September of Ska? (Doubtlessly you’re now reading this in October). No, despite the slightly racy, exotic name, BS are an unhip Canadian combo thrusting their MOR soul guitars in our pasty jerk-pop loving faces.»
The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
...just because Jimmy’s happy-slappy killing an old lady in East London, he can’t blame it on ‘Bottle Rocket’ being the reason why he bought that flash phone in the first place. Which is lucky.»
Duels - Potential Futures
Why release ‘Potential Futures’? Duels haveve got a bucketload of tunes that can beat this hands down, and most of them won’t fall into the category marked ‘Post-Kaiser’.»
The Subways - Young For Eternity
What with the (quasi) intellectual rebirth of Green Day, the return of the conscience rock (Coldplay, U2 and erm… Keane), wither the dumbass, let it all hang out rock n roll? Who’s going to save our brains and return our feet to the dancefloor (albeit in a furious up-and-down motion)?»
We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt
"hey, I'm a geek, but have sex with me, it doesn't matter baby, it's like the summer of free love all over again, suga"... New kids on the block We Are Scientists want some cheap sex...»
Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat
Sometimes expectation and critical snobbery are thrown out of the window. Sometimes something so utterly undeniable comes your way that it leads you to drop to your knees and worship the god of the pop tune.»
Young Offenders Institute - We're The Young Offenders
Is this an Oasis pastiche? Probably not - Michaela Annot doesn't think Young Offenders are actually that clever.»
Fleeing New York - Up Up Up Up/At Night
Fleeing New York pedal the sort of classic movie drive-in rock that should be all over your radio.»
The Blood Arm - Say Yes
Bloc Party can breathe a sigh of relief. Franz Ferdinand have been plugging away their new favourite new band, The Blood Arm, taking away all those (frankly utterly untrue) notions that the 'Party are solely supported by hip association.»
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Reviewers at DiS HQ have been getting down and dirty. Fighting in their masses to get ahead in the lines to review The Arcade Fire. Why? Because, quite simply the plaudits are running out...»
Engineers - Home
Engineers stand proudly and firmly out of sync with the rest of the rushed and urgent pop of today.»
Jeremy Warmsley, The Pipettes, Duels at London Camden Barfly, Tue 10 May
Duels seem to be a succinct summation of the past forty years of UK pop, ranging from Bowie to the Beatles to indeed, the current crop of wannabes.»
Ryan Adams - Let It Ride
In a minor shock to many, it appears that Ryan Adams might have wandered back - finally - to what he does best.»
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Razorlight's new track - the first fruits post 'Up All Night' is a very serviceable string-drenched ballad where Borrell extorts his desire of "I wish I could be somewhere else" over a slice of ego-friendly sampled roaring crowd.»
Interpol - C'Mere
Is that a Burberry scarf Paul Banks is wearing in the video for this, their third single from the critically-adored album 'Antics'? Are Interpol trying to reach to the masses?»
British Sea Power - Open Season
Whether they're prepared for it or not, 'Open Season' is set to transcend indie cliques and hardcore raving mentalist fanbases and blow BSP wide open.»
New Order - Waiting For The Siren's Call
A new New Order record. But is that truly worth waiting for these days? And how did once sonic-explorers come to ditch themselves in the middle of the road?»
Garbage - Why Do You Love Me
Garbage return with grimaces and grunts, and nary a thought towards the children...»
Be Your Own Pet - Damn Damn Leash
A hit of rock n roll so essential, so now, we can only compare it to a Big Mac; a momentary decision of brief fulfillment ultimately disgraced by it's own fleeting beauty.»
Nine Black Alps - Shot Down
Nine Black Alps are not in an envious position: seemingly they carry the hopes of the new British rock movement (I know there isn’t one – we made it up) squarely and solely on their own backs.»
Doves - Some Cities
Doves return home to find that it's all coffee shops and soya milk, plus there's a load of bands trying to do their bruised grandeur thing. B*stards. Jimi Goodwin and co. get to work righting some wrongs...»